Week 2 - EEEWWWWWW!!!!!

After a great week 1 I feel like week 2 on Biggest Loser when not everyone does as well as the week before!

It was a crazy and stressfull week and I let it get the best of me. I still got my miles of running in which was one accomplishment but the eating was horrible! No weight loss which is very dissapointing.

So for week 2:

FUN

I did get a chance to watch a movie with my family which was fun and I took a bath! Weird I know but, I usually cannot sit still long enough to watch a movie or take a bath!

FAT

This week I stay in the fat category! EEEEWWWW! I will not keep crying about it and will move on!! Week 3 will be better!

I also tried my new recipe on Sunday! I made Chorba a Moroccan Vegetable Soup and it was great!!!! A homemade soup with tons of yummy vegatables! At 260 calories a serving I will be making this one again!!!

FIT

Got my running miles in again this week. That makes me happy! Did a 6 mile run on Sunday in the rain!! Staying on track for 500 miles this year - YEAH!

No weight training in this week. I really need to make a plan to fit this in!!!

Taking the P90X out of the box and will see what it is all about - scarry!!!

After a dissapointing week2 I am ready to put it behind me and move on to week 3!!

Happy Monday!

Week 1

WEEK 1 Complete!

Week 1 of 2010 is in the books! It was a rough one but a good one!!! Crazy busy and stressful at work, but my goals were met for week 1!!! YEAH!

I haven’t blogged much but I spent a lot of time reading blogs!!

Goals:

FUN!
Went to a movie and dinner with my BFF. I haven’t seen her in months and can’t even remember when I last went to a movie!!!

Read a ton of blogs!

Spent time and laughed with my boys!

FAT!

Down 7 pounds in one week!!!

FIT!

I got my 11 miles of running in between the rain drops (3 of which I finished Sunday night on the treadmill).

Did some weight training - only some, but I did it!!!

Not bad for the first week!! Today was a day of rest and tomorrow we are on to week 2!!! Hopefully there will be a break in the rain - I have 3 miles scheduled during lunch!!!

Hope everyone had a HAPPY MONDAY!!!

What are your “MUST HAVES” on your runs?

What are your “MUST HAVES” on your runs?

Happy Saturday!

I had a great 4.1 mile run today! No rain and it was actually warm (well warmer that it has been) and no rain!!! 3 miles tomorrow and I will have met my mileage goals for week 1 in 2010!!!!!

About a half mile into my run I realized that I forgot my lip stuff and didn’t put any on before I left my car! I was really bummed! That is my number one “must have” on my runs! My lips get really dry and bug me the entire time if I don’t have anything on them! I kept licking them during my run which makes it worse!! I would run naked as long as I had lip balm! OK, not really but you get my point!!! I couldn’t wait to get back to the car and slather my lips in Burt’s Bee’s Honey Lip Balm. Burt’s Bees is my favorite. It is thick enough that it stays on the entire run and also smooth enough that my lips don’t stick together!

Forgetting my lip balm made me think about other runners and what their must haves are on their runs.

What are your must haves?

Do other runners have them or am I just a crazy planner/creature of habit?

My other “must have” is my Nike+ ipod! I have fun tracking my mileage and setting goals on my Nike+ site so if I don’t have it with me I try to find reasons not to run! My bag with my running clothes and Nike+ are with me in the car every day!!!

Planning ahead leaves me no room for excuses!!

PLANS FOR 2010

My plans are simple really!

FUN! FAT! FIT!

So here they are:

FUN!

I am focused on having FUN this year!

Fun with things I like to do! FUN with things my family likes to do! FUN in everything we do! We are a very busy family, with work, volunteering, school, sports, etc. We are always on the go! We get so caught up in everything we need to get done that I think we forget why we are doing it! This year is about slowing down just long enough to enjoy what we do!

2010 = JUST SMILE AND HAVE FUN!

FAT!

Short term fat goal - to be back at 185lbs! Re-lose the weight I just gained.

Long term fat goal - 150lbs!

How do I get there?

~Eating clean and colorful!

What does this mean? Well to me it means getting back to eating real food, like - more fruit and vegetables (colorful), and less processed foods (white)!

~Drinking more water and cutting out soda!

~Trying something new every month!

a new vegetable, a new piece of fruit, a new healthy recipe

~Limit the SUGAR! (Did I mention that I love ice cream?)

Significantly reduce the sugar in my diet! Good bye cookies, good bye Starbucks pastries (which I did not have this morning), good bye BIG bowl of ice cream.

The first few weeks I am going to cut out sugar as much as possible to reduce the cravings! Then add it back in, in small doses (small scoops of ice cream)!

~Food Journal!

It helped me so much to write down what I was eating!

FIT!

Back to running and working out consistently!

~ run 600 miles this year!

I run with Nike+ (which I LOVE!) and want to be well into the BLUE section this fall! Just under 400 miles to get there!

I see lots of bloggers that have a goal of 1000 miles which I would love to achieve but want to be realistic! If I blow past 600 miles this year - look out 1000!

~HALF MARATHON - not 1 but 2 this year! One Spring, one Fall!

Research almost complete on which ones I am going to do! (Will post soon!)

~Cross Train! Running alone is not enough for me. I am going to add back in weight training twice a week. I am also going to try something new each month! Our new home gym is the perfect place to try new work out video or try a new program that I find in a magazine!

SIMPLE REALLY!!

FUN! FAT! FIT!

Happy New Year!

I have to admit a few things - first I suck at this bloggy thing and second I suck at this getting healthy / running thing.

At least I have lately!

I realized that I am only blogging when I have something OK to report -- not all of the time. Doesn't really keep me honest! I started really thinking about what I wanted my New Years Resolution to be this year... so I started thinking about 2009. What went right and what went wrong!

So, 2009 a quick review:

I started off the year in great shape, running and working out most every day. I was at a good weight for me - around 185! August 2008 I ended an 8 week Challenge where I lost the most % weight in the group and won the challenge......I started at 221, I lost 27 pounds in those 8 weeks and by the end of 2008 I had lost 36 pounds and run my first EVER 5k race. So, January 2009 I was happy with my progress and proud of myself. Backwards was not an option!!!

Then something started to change....not really sure what it was but backwards happened!! I slowly started gaining weight! Next thing I knew I was at 195 and couldn't regain focus. I was still running but not consistently.

I was very excited in March when a group of us were notified that we got into the Nike Women's Half Marathon in October in San Francisco! I thought that was what I needed to focus and get back on track!

BUT NO!!! It got worse.

I never really trained for the Nike half - I did it, and I met my goal of running more than I walked, and I finished! But, that was a back up goal because I knew I was not in good enough shape to run the whole thing! And, I knew that the weight I had gained was also in the way! I really had a great time at the race and thought that would inspire me to get it together again!

BUT NO! It got worse!

I have done two other 10k races since then and have still been running, again with no consistency! The worst part is I have also gained more weight back.

So now I look back and see what those things were that contributed to the "BACKWARDS"

1. Breakfast at Starbucks - I love Starbucks and am a regular there every morning. The difference between skinny and backwards is the coffee and a pastry breakfast instead of coffee and oatmeal. The other difference is that I was making Starbucks coffee at home and making good breakfast decisions that included fruit, protein, vegis and whole grains - not SUGAR!

2. Fast food. YUCK! I am not a big fan of fast food but it sure is fast and easy! The difference between skinny and backwards was that I hardly ever ate at fast food and when I did salads and grilled chicken no bun! Not hamburgers and sundaes.

3. Cookies and Ice Cream! I have eaten so many cookies that I am sure I am going to turn into one! At least that is what I was told when I was a kid!!! I LOVE ice cream and am not sure I could ever give it up completely! I used to say that I ran for the right to eat ice cream! The difference between skinny and backwards was the amount of ice cream, add in the cookies and not be consistent with the running!!

4. No strength training. Skinny had running and strength training as a priority! Backwards had running when I could fit it in!

So now as I reflect back on 2009 I really do know exactly what happened!

Bad choices - Excuses - NO plan!!

This helped me plan for my 2010 resolution!

A very smart friend of mine said that 2010 resolutions don't start until the first Monday of the year!!

Those tomorrow!!!

My how time flies! Cannot believe it is Dec 9th. Where did this year go? Seems like every month goes faster and faster!

So excited for our new work out room! We have had family work out which has been a blast! I forgot how nice it was to go run on the treadmill and not have to go anywhere but across the side walk. It was so nice running outside this summer and fall I couldn't bring myself to run inside but now that it is soooo cold the treadmill is not so bad!!! Anything to get a couple miles in!

Starting to look at races for the spring...research starts now.....

Another week gone by and not much done on my diet! UGH!!! I really need to get serious!

I have decided that this year my NEW YEARS RESOLUTION needs to be different! For the last 25 years the resolution has been the same - weight!!

This year my resolution (I know it is early but.....) is to not ever have the same resolution again! The time is NOW!

Starts today!!!

First on the agenda - finish the work out room...we started setting it up and just needs to be finished...doing that instead of going shopping today.

I ran a Turkey Trot 10k yesterday so I am just going to do a quick treadmill run today to be easier on my body and maybe one body part of strength training!!!

And the diet part.... all about vegi's today!! (NO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES-A feat in itself!! Especially since I feel like I have been sustaining life on chocolate chip cookies over the last month!

Have a great salad planned for dinner - YUM!

Quick run tonight in the wind and rain! The weather did not matter just a great quick run! I have to get them in when I can!!!

Just need to invest in a good lightweight running jacket. I have great cold weather gear but not water proof!!! The new Nike light up jacket looks cool -- might have to check that out -- but for $250.00 it better be great!!!

Decided not to do another half this month -- I am just not ready and don't want to get hurt! So switching gears and doing a Turkey 10k on Thanksgiving!!! I was stressing about doing another 1/2 and now am really excited about the 10k.

I am also going to check out the Nike run club next week -- anything to stay motivated and running!!

Now to focus on the eating-- Chocolate chip cookies should be illegal!! At least for me!!!

I am doing it! Excited to be a part of the bloggy challenge!!!

Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge

I am really trying to stay current with this bloggy thing but I haven't done very well. Maybe because I am doing so poorly on my weight loss journey that I am afraid to post anything and admit it in writing!

Today is the day -- I am going out in the wind and cold and going to run 8 miles. Digging out my cold gear for the first time. Hopefully it works. Will be my longest run so far. I am not counting the half since I walked part of it!!!

Just need to STOP eating the darn chocolate chip cookies!

Also, I am joining the bloggy land Holiday Booty Buster Challenge. Gotta get some motivation somewhere!!!

Human Race

NIKE Human Race 10K last night!

Wow it gets dark early now. Had a busy kid day so waited to run until the evening. Started about 30 minutes late and it got dark on my run which I was not prepared for. Luckily I planned my run which was mostly on the sidewalk so I was safe.

Ran the whole 10k even added in a hill or two :). I felt great. Ran a 11 minute mile pace which was good for me since I have been running 12+ lately! Only my knees starting hurting about the last third of the run, has to be the extra weight I am carrying. Need to focus on that!

New weight 208. Each pound counts but I need to be more focused and serious about it!

I broke down and talked to my trainer this weekend...I haven't used her in a year! I was thinking I could do it by myself but decided to swallow my pride and ask for help..... this isn't always easy to do but i did it. I am going to call her this week and we are going to get together and make a PLAN!! I am excited!

Busy week this week....must plan ahead and stay on task!

What a busy day! Work was so crazy today that I almost made enough excuses NOT to run! I almost got away with it too - BUT I ran tonight just before dark right as I left work. It felt good to get out for a short 3 mile run. I am taking tomorrow off from running and doing the NIKE 10k on Saturday!

I think I have decided to do another Half Marathon on Thanksgiving weekend! WOW do I have the bug or what? Hopefully I can get a few pounds off by then too! Running is so much easier at a lighter weight!

So as far as the weight loss goes - I did OK today! Other than the 2 cookies I ate when I got home -- I ate good today!

I hardly realized I had eaten the cookies -- I get home and on auto pilot grabbed a few cookies. Need to make all of the junk food go away....my family is not going to like it but it will be good for all of us :)

So I did it! My first Half Marathon. I met my goals.....ran more than I walked and I finished. It was a great experience and FUN FUN FUN! It is a good place to start anyway.....I felt really good during the run and could have run more if it wasn't such a hilly course! I am already looking for another race to enter. Setting my goals a bit higher this time....thinking cutting 15 minutes off my first race time is doable!!!

Now for my weight loss - ICK! Do you ever tell yourself I will start tomorrow? I tell myself that every day.....tomorrow never comes. It is a constant battle..."I can eat this I will start tomorrow" which is how I ended up gaining back all of this weight....NO MORE! I start today...I start tonight .. I start right now!!!

I am planning my food diary for tomorrow..I do best when I write everything down. Planning a 3 mile run at lunch tomorrow too. Legs are healed from the weekend and ready to roll again!

Off to the city tomorrow AM to pick up my race packet!

I cannot believe I am going to do this! I really am 2 FAT 2 RUN 13.1.

I have two goals for my first half --

1) run more than I walk

and

2)FINISH!

EASY RIGHT ???

Packing my camera in my vest pocket so I will at least have great pictures of the race!!!

My First Blog, The Start

So this is my first blog and the start of my new journey!!


This will be my journal and an honest day by day account of my journey.


Here I start........I have spent my entire life overweight. About a year ago I weighed 221 lbs. Not the heaviest I have ever been - I think my top non-pregnancy weight was 238. But, heavy enough. I lost 38 pounds the right way....eating right and working out. I started running for the first time in my life. I have always been active but have never been a runner. I loved it. I got down to 183 and felt GREAT!!

So, I signed up to run a half marathon and something happened. I quit running, not all together but was not consistently running. I started eating crappy again and now back up at 210 lbs. I feel horrible!!!
I try to run and everything hurts.
I eat wrong and I feel terrible!

Time to stop the maddness and focus!

This weekend is the Half Marathon that I signed up and paid for last March.


Oh, and FYI - I AM 2 FAT 2 RUN 13.1 !!! Just thought I would mention that fact.......

I am going to do the half marathon anyway. I will walk it if I have to but, it is going to be the start and end to my journey! My goal is to actually run a half-marathon start to finish!!!


So here I am ready to start my "journey" with a half marathon the same way I want to end this part of my "journey" with a half marathon. Hopefully at the end I can change the name of my blog!!!!!

Join me on my journey .......